Siege of Olmuetz

The Siege of Olmuetz (late May 1805) occurred when the Grande Armee of the First French Empire, led by Marechal Michel Ney, stormed and captured the Austrian city of Olmuetz in Moravia (now Olomouc, Czech Republic). The French faced a larger force of town guards, and they were able to storm the city and destroy the less-experienced Austrian garrison, helping with the encirclement of Vienna and the application of political pressure on the Holy Roman Empire.